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Texas Department of Transportation crews clean up the debris Thursday from where an over-sized vehicle damaged the Higway 158 overpass in the southbound lanes of Highway 385. The overpass will be closed until repairs can be made. Traffic on Highway 158 will be routed around the overpass to the access ramps.

Over-sized vehicle damages overpass

PHOTO BY MARK STERKEL

Texas Department of Transportation crews clean up the debris Thursday from where an over-sized vehicle damaged the Higway 158 overpass in the southbound lanes of Highway 385. The overpass will be closed until repairs can be made. Traffic on Highway...... Full story

[MRT] MOTOR MPO provides update on 191 corridor study

BY KATHLEEN PETTY

MIDLAND Mixed use development that’s supported by a system of backage roads still is the vision for the Highway 191 corridor.Craig Farmer, senior planner with Freese and Nichols, made a presentation Monday to the Midland County...... Full story

Bryan Raschke, director of operations for Odessa TxDOT, left, speaks to the media as Gene Powell, public information officer for Odessa TxDOT, looks on Friday during a press conference recognizing National Work Zone Awareness Week April 23 to 27.

TxDOT set to begin Work Zone Awareness Week

BY JOHN CORRALES

To emphasize its point, the Odessa district of the Texas Department of Transportation announced its Work Zone Awareness Week campaign from a work zone on West Loop 338 near Yukon Road. Speakers with TxDOT, the Texas Department of Public Safety and...... Full story

[NR] National observance week highlights workzone awareness

TxDOT encourages motorists to drive smart and arrive safely at destination

NEWS RELEASE

AUSTIN Most folks realize that barreling through a work zone can have consequences. But, for those who don’t, Texas has a message—“Drive Smart and Arrive Alive.”The 2012 National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is April...... Full story

A section of road is cloased on the 5400 block of Cottonwood Road in Gardendale. Dan Brazel of Ector County Streets and Highways said an increase in oilfield traffic has caused some roads to need immediate attention.

County looking to begin seal coating project

Traffic increase poses problems for department

BY NATHANIEL MILLER

While the oil boom in the Permian Basin continues to bring prosperity to the area, it’s also causing delays for the Ector County’s annual seal-coating project. Dan Brazel, supervisor for Ector County Highway and Streets, said oilfield...... Full story

[NR] Rest areas to shut down April 11

Closure necessary to complete Interstate 20 project

NEWS RELEASE

MONAHANS The construction of the safety rest areas near Pyote is nearing a significant stage that will necessitate the closure of the existing rest area.Because the entrance ramps to the existing facilities will be tied into the entrance ramps for...... Full story

TxDOT launches awareness campaign

BY JOHN CORRALES

The Texas Department of Transportation will heighten its output of statistics and public service announcements concerning distracted driving throughout National Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April.The Texas Department of Transportation is...... Full story

Safe zones for April 1 to April 7

ODESSA AMERICAN

The following are listed as the Odessa Police Department’s safe zones this week: The 100 block through 2000 block of East 52nd Street. The 1000 through 2200 block of Golder Avenue. The 1000 through 2700 block of North West County Road....... Full story

[NR] Midland traffic alerts

NEWS RELEASE

The City of Midland Engineering Services Department has the following projects under construction. Road closures and traffic alerts for each project are listed below:Boyd Avenue - Drainage ImprovementThe Transportation Division will continue a...... Full story

[TxDOT] Jones Brothers to start work on Highway 349 widening

Project is first step in making road four lanes from Midland to Lamesa

NEWS RELEASE

MARTIN COUNTY The much-anticipated project that will make State Highway 349 a four-lane highway between Midland and Lamesa is scheduled to take its first construction steps. Jones Brothers Dirt and Paving Contractors Inc. workers are tentatively...... Full story

[AP] Oil field traffic taking toll on rural roads

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CORPUS CHRISTI Oil field traffic is crippling rural roads in the Eagle Ford Shale formation never built to withstand the beating of so many heavy trucks. In the Texas Department of Transportation's Corpus Christi district, where three of the 10...... Full story

[NR] Midland road closures

NEWS RELEASE

The City of Midland Engineering Services Department has the following projects under construction. Road closures and traffic alerts for each project are listed below:Texas Avenue-Drainage ImprovementThe 100 block of N. J Street will remain closed to...... Full story

Crews with Price Construction began removing the old road surface on west Loop 338 Wednesday between Highway 302 and Yukon Road as part of a $1.4 million road rehabilitation project. The project is scheduled for completion in May. Lanes will be restricted in the area during the construction period.

Loop 338 project starts

Lanes to be resurfaced between Yukon Road and Highway 302

NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE Workers for Price Construction are scheduled to begin work Wednesday on a construction job on West Loop 338.The $1.4 million project calls for the rehabilitation of all four lanes from Highway 302 to just north of Yukon Road, a 2.5 mile...... Full story

Road closures due to CRMWD work

BY LYXAN TOLEDANES

Traffic on a portion of 42nd Street will be rerouted for one week as contractors with the Colorado River Municipal Water District begin the first phase of valve and pipeline replacement. One lane in each direction of 42nd Street between Golder...... Full story

Changes on Highway 191

ODESSA AMERICAN

In the interest of safety, the Texas Department of Transportation is making a change on the Highway 191 frontage roads at the intersection with FM 1788.The left, inside lanes will now be left turn only. This means all traffic on the left, inside...... Full story